Month: February 2011

On the Road Again

I’ve been looking around the Internet for cool stuff for my U.S. Society & Culture class. Thinking of Teejie, I downloaded this wonderful photo: And thinking of Banana, I grabbed this beauty, an old one of Gee’s Bend: Let’s come back to the present, a skill I lack, spending most of my time on either side of now. Like last night. I went to bed at a ridiculously early hour, lacking desire to be awake. […]

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Buttwad Blue

My sister, as I’ve told you before, is about the funniest person I’ve ever met. And I’ve met some funny people in my time, let me tell you. As those who have the misfortune of my recent acquaintance can attest, I don’t laugh a whole lot any more. I chuckle politely, and I’ll laugh as far down as my solar plexus. But the hearty belly-laugh has been elusive over the past months. Until I received […]

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Topsy-Turvy

Isn’t a leader supposed to be in the front? That’s what I was wondering today as I ran to catch up with my students, who had left without me on the field trip I was leading. If you want further proof of that the world is upside-down, look at the weather forecasts for the Valley and the Bay Area today:

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